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Role · Retail

ANZSCO 142111

Retail Manager (General) in All Australia

Runs a store: staff, stock, sales and customer service.

Also searched as store manager, retail store manager, assistant store manager

Right now

4-week change
Up+2.0%254 → 259 ads
Job ad aggregate
12 mo
Down−5.2%3,410 → 3,234 ads
Entry
19.7%51 of 259 ads
  • 12-month changeDown−5.2%3,410 → 3,234 ads
    Official
  • Demand259job ads in 28 days
    Job ads
  • 4-week changeUp+2.0%254 → 259 ads
    Job ads
  • Entry-level share19.7%51 of 259 ads
    Job ads
  • No PR stated66.0%171 of 259 ads
    Job ads
  • Employers hiring90top 5 post 19.1%
    Job ads
  • Median salary$71k1,423 of 3,234 ads
    Job ads
5 more measures

Advanced measures are noisier or easier to misread. Open the ⓘ next to each before leaning on it.

  • Salary range$57k–$87k1,423 of 3,234 ads
    Job ads
  • Remote or hybrid42.1%109 of 259 ads
    Job ads
  • Contract share12.0%31 of 259 ads
    Job ads
  • Skills per ad55 skills per ad
    Job ads
  • Volatility0.050.05 (steady below 0.15)
    Job ads

Advertised pay

What ads for this role offer

Median

$71ka year

1,423 of 3,234 ads in the last 12 months state a salary (44.0%).

Job ad aggregate
Middle 80% of advertised salaries
One in ten ads offers less than $57k; one in ten offers more than $87k. The middle ad offers $71k.

Advertised base salary, not total pay. Senior roles state pay less often, so the real range is likely wider.

Top holdings

What these ads ask for

The skills that make up this role: the share of Retail Manager (General) ads that mention each one. An ad usually asks for several skills, so shares add up to more than 100%.

  • Inventory managementRetail & operations

    in 62% of these ads
    62% of Retail Manager (General) ads mention Inventory management.
  • Point-of-sale systemsRetail & operations

    in 44% of these ads
    44% of Retail Manager (General) ads mention Point-of-sale systems.
  • Visual merchandisingRetail & operations

    in 38% of these ads
    38% of Retail Manager (General) ads mention Visual merchandising.
  • ExcelData

    in 20% of these ads
    20% of Retail Manager (General) ads mention Excel.

Location

Where the ads are

  • New South Wales109 · 42.1%
  • Victoria68 · 26.3%
  • Queensland39 · 15.1%
  • Western Australia16 · 6.2%
  • Australian Capital Territory12 · 4.6%
  • South Australia11 · 4.2%
  • Tasmania4 · 1.5%
  • Northern Territory0 · 0.00%

259 ads in the last four weeks under your filter, by state or country.

Everyday abilities

Core competencies

How much of each everyday ability Retail Manager (General) work typically calls for. Every job uses these, so we don’t track demand for them.

Illustrative — based on the ASC core competency scale · Levels run from 1 (basic) to 10 (highly complex) and describe how much of each ability the work calls for. They are not a judgement of any person.

Framework: Australian Skills Classification, Jobs and Skills Australia · What core competencies are

Before you decide

Demand is only one input

Time to get job-ready

Months

Typically months of targeted preparation on top of a related degree.

Transferability

Broad

Useful across many roles and industries, so it keeps its value if your plans change.

Rising ads don’t mean you should learn this.

Your interests, the time you have and what people in the work tell you matter more. Effort and transferability are editorial estimates, not measurements.

Next step

Numbers only go so far. Ask someone who does this job.

Where these numbers come from

Sources
Official statisticsOccupation vacancy series (illustrative fixture)Job ad aggregateJob ads (illustrative fixture)
Last updated
21 September 2026 at 7:05 pm
Tracked since June 2024
Sample
259 ads in the last 28 days under this filter
We need at least 30 ads before showing a number or drawing a trend.
Method
How “4-week change” is measuredAll measures and where they applyData sources and extraction method

Numbers in this preview are generated to behave like the real pipeline. They are not real market signals.